Figuring out how we use Facebook

If you use social media, you’ll know how much it stings when you post a photo or a witty one-liner that you think is just the best thing ever, and nobody responds.

Not a like, not a comment, not a sign that anyone saw it or cared.

Technology’s changing the way we socialise and the way we think about our interactions with others, And Tanya Machin wants to find out how.

Tanya is a PhD student with USQ in Toowoomba. Some earlier research she did looked at inclusion and rejection, and she noticed how many people mentioned things that had happened on social media. Now she's looking at how and why people use Facebook.